Leguminosae-mim Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC

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Keywords in this picture :

• Bole
• Fruit
• Habit
• Vegetative
• Tree (any size)
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Mt. Hartman Estate - GRENADA
• Oaxaca - HUGHESFRP
• Barra de la Cruz - HUGHESFRP
• Calliste - GRENADA
• Bolivar - HUGHESFRP
• Comayagua - HUGHESFRP
• Choluteca - HUGHESFRP
• Guanacaste - HUGHESFRP
• Chinandega - HUGHESFRP
• Loja - HUGHESFRP
• El Rancho - HUGHESFRP
• Lejamani - HUGHESFRP
• Rio San Antonio - HUGHESFRP

Species information

Description
Axillary spines 1-5cm long on some nodes. 1-2 (-4) pairs pinnae. achis ending in a 3mm spine.

Interest
Prosopis - Greek name for Burdock! Widely planted as an ornmental and for land reclamation, tolerant of very poor even saline or alkaline soils, but can become a bad weed. Can become almost 5cm diam. and 4m high x 5m wide crown in 2 years (in Brazil, Hanum & Van der Maesen, 1997). Good for charcoal and furniture, and yields an amber gum similar to gum arabic. The pod are good protein and sugar-rich fodder, sometimes eaten also by people. A tea from the pods is said to be good for digestive complaints.

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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